Talk:The Queen's Head, Toodyay
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James Everett's future
editRe: Contrary to general belief, Everett did not die during the voyage.... - it's not just "general belief", it's two reliable sources.[1][2]: 165 If the Wikipedia article is to disagree with those sources, we'll need another (more) reliable - and published - source and probably a note as to why we think the first two sources are not reliable in this case.
However, given that the article is about the hotel, not the person, there's no need to include the details of what happened to him after he left Toodyay, so I've removed them. Mitch Ames (talk) 06:10, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
References
- ^ Rica Erickson (1988). The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians: pre-1829 – 1888. Vol. 2 D–J. University of Western Australia Press. p. 996. ISBN 0 85564 273 4. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Alison Cromb (2016). The Road to Toodyay: A History of the Early Settlement of Toodyay and the Avon Valley of Western Australia. Dianella, Western Australia: Alison Cromb. ISBN 9780646951744.
Everett - sale of goods and property
editI'm not happy with this:
In 1886, Everett realised that his health was failing. He made up his mind to sell all his goods and properties and return to England. Toodyay town lots ... were among those properties. ... He estimated their worth to be 1500 pounds.
Everett achieved his aim and sailed for London on 19 July 1886.
Was his "aim" to get 1500 pounds for everything? Having that sentence in a separate paragraph makes no sense if that is the case. Perhaps it would be simpler to say
In 1886, Everett realised that his health was failing. He sold all his goods and properties – including Toodyay town lots R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R71, R72, R73 and R74, suburban lot 1, and Avon location 69 – for 1500 pounds, and sailed for London on 19 July 1886.
If he did not actually get 1500, we could just remove "for 1500 pounds" from the above. Checking the reference doesn't help me - The Road to Toodyay says
In 1886, Everett made up his mind to return to England.
Before departing, Everett decided to sell all his properties ... for the sum of 1500 pounds. ...
James Everett sailed for England in July 1886.
It doesn't say how much he actually got for the properties. Mitch Ames (talk) 06:37, 8 September 2018 (UTC)